Word: branche
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Authority did expand successfully over the tracks of a former narrow gauge railroad to East Boston and Revere, thus starting subway service to an expanding part of the city. A second major attempt at expansion has not succeeded, however. For $10.6 million, the MTA purchased and renovated completely a branch of the New York Central Railroad, and within two days after service started, the new line carried four times as many passengers as the railroad did. Yet this seemingly successful extension is reportedly losing $60,000 monthly...
...shocking and disgusting to read [Nov. 2] that an "official" of Long Branch Teachers College in Toronto discriminated against a human being because of his size...
...series of confining regulations imposed by the ICC--rules far more effective at the turn of the century when the railroads were the only efficient means of transportation--the management must work under severe limitations. The ICC must approve changes in fares or in service; many a money-losing branch line still exists only through the grace of the Commission. And although the Transportation Act of 1958 supposedly gave the railroads a greater degree of freedom, the government still exercises a degree of control unparalleled in any other major industry...
...Leash. All U.S. scientists were delighted and touched by the universal friendliness of Soviet scientists. In every branch of science the Russians were eager to meet and talk with Americans. They read American journals, and in most cases are frank to admit that they measure their own progress against American work...
With her children grown, Mrs. Deknatel has found time to return to her interest in nursery schools. President last year of the Association of Day Care Services, a branch of the United Community Service, Mrs. Deknatel has spent a large proportion of her time providing day care for the children of working or problem families. She considers the value of the program a preventative...